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The Eternal Now of Art

The teleological endpoint for art is always NOW, a NOW of eternal becoming that will never arrive.

Thinking, how so much art criticism and theory exists in a secularized teleological framework, drawn from Christian theology, but which has no endpoint but the present.

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Posted on August 20, 2017August 20, 2017 by wjacobrPosted in aphorisms, Art, Art Criticism, UncategorizedTagged aphorisms, Art. Leave a comment

Unchain yourself from the means. Become the end.

As a poet, I learned that language is not our friend.

As a visual artist, I learned that what we see is not the truth.

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Posted on March 28, 2015March 28, 2015 by wjacobrPosted in aphorisms, Art, Goby's Journal, poetry, xTagged aphorisms, Art, Poetry. Leave a comment

The Innocent of the Earth

I have known those who I believe are truly of the innocents of the earth–but the price of innocence in this world is profound denial.
The pure in heart are capable of the greatest crimes.
It’s our belief in their innocence that makes this possible.

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Posted on February 14, 2015 by wjacobrPosted in aphorisms, Goby's JournalTagged aphorisms. Leave a comment

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